A Festivus Link Festival

Happy Fesitvus!

What is Festivus, you say? Good question.

Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as a way to commemorate the holiday season without participating in its pressures or commercialism. It was made famous by a 1997 episode of Seinfeld. In the episode George explains that when he was a boy his father created Festivus because he was sick of the commercialization of the holiday and because he found tinsel distracting.

Instead of a tree, the standard decoration is the simple, unadorned Festivus pole (made of aluminum due to its high strength-to-weight ratio. Families gather to ring in the season with the Airing of Grievances, the Feats of Strength, and the labeling of easily explainable events as “Festivus miracles.”

If that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, here’s a clip from Seinfeld that sums it quite well…

While you prepare for your Festivus celebration here are some cool articles I’ve read recently…

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